IT Portfolio Manager - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Emirates Islamic

Description

• Facilitate delivery of strategic initiatives to address the bank's needs post thorough business needs analysis
• Assist the project sponsor/owner in managing the business activities and tasks within the project
• Govern regular Problems / Production issues prioritization session b/w Business and Group IT
• Ensure escalated issues impacting bank Customers, Profitability, and Reputation are handled by respective Group IT teams in a timely manner and follow-up till satisfactory closure
• Engage with internal customers and external entities within the scope of the projects
• Evaluate and implement solutions based on business requirement following the banks standard methodology and policies
• Manage Business, Group IT team, Project board and Steering Committee
• Be accountable for creation of detailed business requirements documentation
• Take appropriate actions if deadline, quality or budget are significantly at risk
• Systematic analyses and draws accurate conclusions based on evidence and addressing the root-cause till closure
• Proactively offers assistance / manages to minimize escalations to avoid adverse impact on business operations
• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders to understand strategic, tactical and operational challenges, define technology solutions to address Business objectives
• Be directly accountable for multiple projects at one-time, and be able to coordinate with respective technology project managers and business teams professionally
• Conduct requirement workshops and recommend business solutions aligned with technology strategy
• Provide strong portfolio/project management expertise, manage demand management, and address operational challenges, conduct status update meetings, and oversee the technology interests of Business units
• Manage change requests, enhancements and defects by providing solutions, recommendations and cost estimates
  
  

• University degree (preferably in IT / Engineering field)
• Prince 2, PMP, ITIL (Desirable)
• 5 years of similar job experience, including Experience in high-end Tech companies, Banks, Consulting firms
• Experience in implementing full life cycle of a project
• Good understanding of the high level technical application architecture and design.
• Good understanding of the security, compliance and Audit requirements
• International exposure will be an added advantage
• Experience with Project Management, Data Analytics support, Technical docs review, Budget planning and Requirements gathering is essential
  
  

• Competitive salary package
• Strong emphasis on work-life balance and wellbeing across the bank
• World-class Learning & Development platform and career progression
• Preferential personal banking facilities
• Generous annual leave entitlement and private healthcare package